CONTENTS JUNE2018 THE CHALDEAN NEWS VOLUME 15 ISSUE V 18 20 38 departments 6 FROM THE EDITOR BY VANESSA DENHA GARMO Giving others a voice 7 YOUR LETTERS 8 IN MY VIEW BY MICHAEL SARAFA Questions about the experience at Mass 9 WHERE DO YOU STAND? BY MICHAEL SARAFA Commute Kilpatrick’s sentence by half 10 GUEST COLUMNS BY CRYSTAL KASSAB JABIRO Melania invites Americans to ‘Be Best’ BY ASHOURINA SLEWO One year’s time 12 NOTEWORTHY 14 CHAI TIME 16 RELIGION 17 OBITUARIES 28 ECONOMICS AND ENTERPRISE BY VANESSA DENHA GARMO Smooth shaving 30 CHALDEAN ON THE STREET BY HALIM SHEENA What do you look forward to doing most this summer? 33 CLASSIFIED LISTINGS 34 EVENTS on the cover 18 AMENDMENTS FOR RELIEF BY ASHOURINA SLEWO Community leaders and elected officials work to amend Immigration and Nationality Act 19 A NEW HOPE BY MONIQUE MANSOUR The 2018 Iraqi election features 20 CATALOGUE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE CHURCH IN TELKEPPE BY WEAM NAMOU 22 POWER IN NUMBERS BY MONIQUE MANSOUR How Mission Jean Day serves as a fundraising success and example 24 MAKING ROOM FOR LINDSAY BY VANESSA DENHA GARMO Raad Kathawa remembers his daughter on Father’s Day, decades after her death 26 CAN YOU PRAY THE GAY AWAY? BY WEAM NAMOU That is the question twin brothers take on in their second book about homosexuality 4 CHALDEAN NEWS JUNE2018JUNE2018 CHALDEAN NEWS 4
